Business Cables
Weekly Roundup: March 1-7, 2010
This week: Azerbaijan sees concrete results from economic diversification, Kyrgyzstan prepares for more possible U.S. Department of Defense investment, Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank receives U.S. bankruptcy protection, and Turkmenistan’s commodities exchange…what are people buying this week? Keep Reading »
Friday Video: CBJ Contributor Discusses China
The main road to Almaty
Consultant Conference Call in March
The Caspian Business Journal will be hosting another new Consultant Conference Call later this month. The sector of analysis for this interactive call will be the oil and gas industry on the Caspian.
Previous calls have looked at the Public Private Partnership (PPP) market in Kazakhstan, and microfinance and banking in Azerbaijan. Keep Reading »
Turkmen Weekly Energy Review: March 3, 2010
The latest issue of the Turkmen Weekly Energy Review (TWER) is now available. Please click the link below for the full report. Inside this week’s issue:
- Neil Bush’s letter to President Berdymukhadov from former President George H. W. Bush
- A look at alternative energy in Turkmenistan
- Nayip liquified gas (LNG) facility produces first million tons of liquified gas.
- A full report on the buyers and products of Turkmenistan’s commodities exchange market
- and much more…
Job Announcement
The Caspian Business Journal on occasion posts regional job announcements for development firms focused on economic development, entrepreneurship and cross-cultural exchange. This week the Eurasia Foundation is looking to fill three positions in Georgia. Please see below:
Weekly Roundup: February 22 – 28
Weekly Roundup from this past week: Azerbaijan begins plans to launch new business center as well as consider the latest offer to diversify its hydrocarbon resources, Kazakhstan opens new agricultural export markets in Asia and Iran looks to secure Caspian natural gas from its neighbor…
Turkmenistan Weekly Energy Review
This week the Caspian Business Journal brings you the 26th issue of the Turkmenistan Weekly Energy Review (TWER). Please click the link below for full access to the PDF report. Highlights from this week include:
- Energy utilities and powering Ashgabat
- Austria’s OMV arrives in Turkmenistan for meetings
- Meeting between leadership of Turkmenistan and the UAE
- A look at the potential of Turkmenistan’s processing and energy (domestic power supply) industries
- …and much more
To read the full report please click here: TURKMEN WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW N 26[1]
Kazakhstan Medals at Winter Olympics
Congratulations to Elena Khrustaleva who won the silver medal in the women’s 15K biathalon! So far Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian/South Caucasus nation to medal in this winter olympics, but there is still one week left. For the medal ceremony, click here.
Weekly Roundup: February 15-21, 2010
EBRD to Assist Kazakhstan in Diversifying Economy
The EBRD has announced it will inject $1 billion into the Kazakh economy to support a variety of projects aimed at diversifying the economy away from hydrocarbons. According to Silk Road Intelligencer (SRI):
“The EBRD aims to invest up to around $1 billion in projects to be identified in collaboration with the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Kazakh National Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna,” it said in a statement.
Turkmenistan Weekly Energy Review
The latest issue of the Turkmenistan Weekly Energy Review is included below. Please click the bolded link below for access to the PDF presentation. This issues highlights include:
- Overview of telephone conversation between presidents of Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan-India relations
- Export potential of domestic textile industry
- Overview of recent government meetings between international CEO’s and representatives of government of Turkmenistan
- …and more
Click here for the latest issue of the TWER: TURKMEN WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Feb 19, 2010
